Middle School Technology Conference

November 17, 2009 at IU 13

Middle School (Grades 6-8) teachers are invited to join us for a day of sharing, exploring, and learning designed just for middle school teachers. Come join your colleagues as they share ways to engage your students with technology-rich lessons and ideas using Moodle, Google Earth, podcasting, student response systems, Discovery Education, videoconferencing, Geocaching, Google docs and more. Product vendors will be demonstrating Polyvision, Promethean and SMART interactive whiteboards.

Agenda for the Day

• 8:00-8:30 Registration
• 8:30 - 9:15 Welcome and Keynote Speaker
• 9:30 - 10:30 Session I (Click here for descriptions)
• 10:45 - 11:45 Session II (Click here for descriptions)
• 11:45 - 12:35 Lunch
• 12:45 - 1:45 Session III (Click here for descriptions)
• 2:00 - 3:00 Session IV (Click here for descriptions)
• 3:00 - 3:30 Collaboration Time

	102 Ask an Integrator	103	105 Touch Tank	106A	106B	106C Video Conferencing	106D	106E	109
8:00- 8:30am	Registration
8:30- 9:15am Keynote	Keynote Jim Gates Change in Education
Session.I 9:30- 10:30am	Ask an Integrator room	Social Studies - Google Earth and Digital Storytelling	Vendors - Informal - Polyvision, Promethian, SMART	Math - IWB/clickers for form assess	FCS & Tech with Moodle, iMovie, Wiki and more	eMission - Operation Montserrat	Sharing the student-built Haiti Wiki	Adding Pizzazz to Student Projects	Open Computer Lab access
Session.II 10:45 - 11:45am	Ask an Integrator room	Podcasting with iMovie	Vendors - Informal - Polyvision, Promethian, SMART	The World of Quia - Interactive Lessons in Social Studies, teaching with assessment	Integrating a IWB Into Your Lessons Life Science	eMission - Space Station Alpha	FLIP and iMovie - Language Arts	GarageBand - "It's Not Just for Music Class!"	Open Computer Lab access
		Lunch 11:45 - 12:35 pm							Open Computer Lab access
Session.III 12:45 - 1:45pm	Ask an Integrator room	Open	Vendors - Informal - Polyvision, Promethian, SMART	Earth Science - Geocaching in the classroom	Google Docs A Teacher Perspective	Cleveland Museum of Art - Age of Adornment	Moodle in the Language Arts Classroom	Wonderful World of Wiki's and Words	Study Island: Intervention and Differentiation for All students! (vendor)
Session.IV 2:00- 3:00 pm	Ask an Integrator room	Using technology in the foreign language classroom	Vendors - Informal - Polyvision, Promethian, SMART	Earth Science - IWB & Google presentations	Geometers SketchPad - "Bring your own laptop"	Planning a collaborative video conference - How to get started MAGPI	Internet Safety Curriculum	Technology Applications for the instrumental music classroom	Open Computer Lab access
District-Focused Time - 3:00 - 3:30pm (network to discuss the day, path forward, etc.)

Information Flyer

Registration deadline is Nov 3, 2009

Location

Directions to the Conference and Training Center

Charges

$50 for IU 13 affiliated districts, $75 for non-IU 13 districts

Sign up in MyLearningPlan - by Nov 3, 2009

Registration for the Middle School Technology Conference will be handled on My Learning Plan. Please use that link to register and follow the directions. (If you have used My Learning Plan before, sign in with your account. If not, click the "I'm a New User" option.)

Click here to see sessions being presented. Session descriptions are listed on each session page.

During all sessions there will be an Ask the Integrator room available for questions/answers on tech tools for the classroom.